SOCIAL SERVICES
Training of general nursing personnel is undertaken to a standard equivalent to that in the United Kingdom and train- ing of public health nurses is also undertaken. Laboratory assistants, dispensers, physiotherapists and radiographers are also trained locally, the latter group to a standard acceptable to the Society of Radiographers in the United Kingdom.
The Port Health Administration, as would be expected in a port such as this, provides a highly organized service and employs 8 medical officers. Their duties are not only concerned with matters relating to maritime quarantine, as the provision of preventive inoculation services to the population in general is also part of their duties.
The Pathological Institute, in Victoria, and its subsidiary institute in Kowloon Hospital, provide general laboratory facilities to the department and, in addition, is responsible for the manufacture of the greater part of the vaccines and sera in use by the department.
District Administration New Territories. The District Commissioner is statutorily responsible for public health measures in the New Territories. He is advised in this respect by a Health Officer, provided by the Medical department, and has the services of a Senior Health Inspector and 5 Health Inspectors, also provided by the Medical department.
Urban Council. The Urban Council has statutory respon- sibility for various public health measures in the Urban District, which is generally defined as the whole of Hong Kong island, Kowloon and New Kowloon. The actual performance of public health activities in the urban area is the responsibility of the Sanitary division of the Urban Services department under the Director, Urban Services, who is also Chairman of the Urban Council. The policy of the Sanitary division is governed by the instructions of the Director who is guided by policy decisions of the Urban Council in matters falling within the purview of that Council. The Sanitary division
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